More than 20 students and professors gathered outside Old Main this afternoon asking Penn State to adopt anti-sweatshop policies.

Members of United Students Against Sweatshop's (USAS), the Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) and other concerned members of the Penn State community marched from the HUB-Robeson Center to the steps of Old Main with signs demanding that the university adopt the Designated Suppliers Program (DSP).

The DSP is a plan designed to ensure that licensed apparel for universities is not being made in sweatshops, and has been adopted by more than 20 universities nationwide. Penn State has said in the past that it cannot adopt the plan because of anti-trust issues.

Erin Davis, a member of USAS, said the event aimed to educate the community on the structure and implications of the DSP.

"It's mostly to clarify what the DSP is," Davis said. "A lot of people can identify the DSP with us as a group, but they don't know exactly what it is, what it means or what it entails."

The rally lasted about an hour and included readings of testimonials of former sweat-shop workers, a play about Penn State's involvement in the labor supply chain, and an informative speech about the elements of the DSP.

Check tomorrow's edition of the Daily Collegian for more details.